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8USC1324a(h)3)3) Definition of unauthorized alien.-As used in this section, the term "unauthorized alien" means, with respect to the employment of an alien at a particular time, that the alien is not at that time either (A) an alien lawfully admitted for permanent residence, or (B) authorized to be so employed by this Act or by the Attorney General.

Minors without proper employment certificates, asbestos handlers without proper licenses, crane operators without certificates of competency are examples of undocumented workers. My wife, a resident alien certified with the so-called green card, had her purse stolen and, during the time it took her to obtain a replacement card, she was an undocumented worker.

Elevating unauthorized aliens to undocumented worker status is not warranted under either the rules of English or the rule of law. Your right and the right of the NLRB to do so is protected by the first amendment. It is incorrect, misleading, and reminiscent of Orwellian newsspeak, nonetheless.

Justice Breyer in his dissent in Hoffman used the term "illegal-alien employees."